01380nam a2200301 a 4500 20260119070400.0 2021-11-20 11:14:53 9781602581463 1 1 eng 232.904 G818-C27 Carey, Greg (1965-...) Author Sinners Jesus and his earliest followers Greg Carey Tex. Baylor University 2009 221tr. Paperback 23cm `How did early Christians remember Jesus--and how did they develop their own `Christian` identities and communities? In this accessible and revelatory book, Greg Carey explores how transgression contributed to early Christian identity in the Gospels, Acts, Letters of Paul, and Revelation. Carey examines Jesus as a friend of sinners, challenger of purity laws, transgressor of conventional masculine values of his time, and convicted seditionist. He looks at early Christian communities as out of step with `respectable` practices of their time. Finally, he provides examples of contemporary Christians whose faith requires them to `do the right thing,` even when it means violating current definitions of `respectability.` Jesus Christ -- Friends and associates 211001 TKH 5793 5793 0 0 0 0 TVCD TVCD 2026-01-20 0.00 0 TVCD-5793 0.00 BK